ONE: Accusations of extra-judicial killings in response to the Kano bombings have caused anger and more resentment towards Nigerian security forces. Local communities have reported disappearances of people they believe to be innocent, including a pregnant women. TWO: Hamza al-Mustapha [...]
ONE: The aftermath of the attacks in Kano that targeted police stations, immigration offices, the local headquarters of the secret police claiming at least 143 lives continues. This could possibly be Boko Haram’s deadliest assault so far. President Goodluck Jonathan [...]
2011 started with a bang in Nigeria, Jos was on fire and everyone was on edge. Nothing has changed so far. The country is plagued with constant traumas and general unrest. But with all of these things going on, Nigeria [...]
ONE: Time Magazine declared this week that the 2011’s person of the year is the protester. Not to be left out, Lagosians took to the street on Saturday to protest the their state’s terrible infliction of pain and injustice [...]
ONE: It is time for that great tradition of setting priorities for the upcoming year. This year promises to be filled with intrigue as the president and his team gets set to present to the Nigerian people his vision for [...]
ONE: The Nigerian Legislature made into law a bill that criminalizes homosexual marriage, activity, activism and association. The bill had been in the senate for a while and we covered it on this column. One is not aware of an [...]
ONE: 136 people were killed yesterday when Boko Haram led a siege on the Nigerian Northeast. Roadside bombs, suicide attackers and gunmen ransacked the cities of Damaturu, Maiduguri and Potiskum just days ago. The group claimed responsibility for the attacks [...]
ONE: A total number of 71,135 ghosts and ghouls have invaded the Nigerian Federal Civil Service and the government has been paying these non-people regularly to the annual tune of N28 billion. To make room for the ghost workers, [...]
ONE: The US Supreme Court decided last week to hear a case that accuses Shell of engaging in extensive human rights abuses in Nigeria. The plaintiff claims that Shell was complicit in the brutal execution of Ken Saro Wiwa and [...]
ONE: The Nigerian Government’s youth ministry has just launched an initiative to encourage entrepreneurship among the young people of the country. The business plan competition that is funded by the government’s vast resources might possibly lead to a reduction in the [...]
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